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A year in Brighton

A year in Brighton

Can it be a year already? Well, it isn't really, but a year ago today I signed the papers and took a flat in my hometown of Brighton and even though I didn't completely relocate until after Christmas, it's pretty much one whole year. Wow. No regrets. I can hardly imagine moving back to the smoke ... Read more »
Brighton Scenes #5

Brighton Scenes #5

Overheard. Two men and a woman in a pub: both fancy their chances with her. There has been much flirtation and a bit of bawdiness. Woman: So you're a plumber. Man 1: He's a heating engineer, there is a different. Woman: (Chastened) Oh. How's business? Man 2: Shit. Man 1: He's going to become ... Read more »
The Old Euston Station

The Old Euston Station

Change isn't always progress. New isn't necessarily better than old. See Example 1 below: Euston Station. A beautiful neo-classical building was replaced with the brutalist terminus we see today. They saved St. Pancras but the Euston Arch is at the bottom of a canal in East London. Planners and ... Read more »
Vampire Weekend play Fleetwood Mac

Vampire Weekend play Fleetwood Mac

I love this Vampire Weekend cover of Fleetwood Mac's classic, 'Everywhere'. I heard them play it in London last week and it was a bit of a highlight of the gig. I was reminded of it by The Independent. (Yes, not a video as such but def the best audio quality I can find.) ... Read more »
Brighton Scenes #4*

Brighton Scenes #4*

Two men overheard on the London Bridge train as it waited to depart: - How was xx and xy's wedding? - Not bad. But we had to buy our own booze. - Thought it was no expense spared? - Got fed. And a glass of champagne for the toast. - The way xy was talking, you'd expect the full works and ... Read more »
Brighton Scenes #2*

Brighton Scenes #2*

Three lads in the pub. Brighton boys. They all work in bookies shops. They talk about gambling, sharing stories of foolish punters. They boast about how much money they make from "idiots." Soon they're talking about Betfair, how successful and profitable it is, and how much they admire the ... Read more »
Brighton Scenes #1*

Brighton Scenes #1*

St James's Street. On my way home. About 11pm. A tall transvestite in a ginger wig with a thick belt round a long jumper is strutting along. She looks like Donna Noble. A group of three twittering, bickering discobunny gay lads are walking the other way, towards her. One of them spots her and ... Read more »
Greetings from Chicago.

Greetings from Chicago.

(The bravado and sheer cheek of this 'marketing' staggers me... and inspires not a little ... Read more »
Where the dark Mournes sweep down to the sea...

Where the dark Mournes sweep down to the sea…

I spent a pleasant weekend in Northern Ireland. Here's a view of the Mountains of Mournes from Narrow Water Castle in Warrenpoint. ... Read more »
Trip to the Eden Project in Cornwall

Trip to the Eden Project in Cornwall

On Sunday after eBay University in Exeter, I was fortunate to take a long anticipated trip to the Eden Project in Cornwall, near St Austell. It's the millennium dome that was built to last and, needless to say, it's a great day out. We got there first thing and it was quiet, in fact it was ... Read more »